accept, reject Command

Purpose

Accepts or rejects print requests.

Syntax

accept Destinationsreject [ -r Reason ] Destination

Description

The accept command allows the queuing of print requests for the named Destinations. A Destination can be either a printer or a class of printers. To find out the status of a destination, run lpstat -a command.

The reject command prevents queuing of print requests for the named destinations. A destination can be either a printer or a class of printers. To find out the status of a destination, run lpstat -a command.

If you enter accept -? or reject -?, the system displays the command usage message and returns 0.

Flags

Table 1. Flags
Item Description
-r Reason Assigns a Reason for rejection of requests. The Reason applies to every specified Destination. The lpstat -a command reports the reason. If it contains blanks, Reason must be enclosed in quotation mark. The default reason is unknown reason for existing destinations, and new destination for destinations that added to the system but not yet accepting requests.

Security

Attention RBAC users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations that are associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Files

/var/spool/lp/*